Biography:
BIOGRAPHY
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Education:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, C.F.A. Phila., Pa. 1997-2004
Private Studies with Wade Schuman, 1995 - 1997
Private Studies with Audrey Fox, 1994
Yoga Certification
Paralegal Certification (15 years)
Administrative work in the legal field (12 years) Fine Arts People Gallery since 2006
Tyme Gallery since 2006
Gallery Director, MCGOPA, (Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists) since January 2008
Exhibitions:
Highwire Gallery 2004
1315 Artists 2004
Rohm & Haas 2004
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Student Shows 2000-2004
Main Line Art Center 2003, 2004
American College 2006 Philadelphia Sketch Club - Juried Show 2006 143rd Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings Jurors: Patrick Connors, Kathleen Scott Gallagher, Burton Wasserman Philadelphia TriState Artists Equity 2006 Upstairs Gallery, Manayunk, Pa. 2006 Louis R. Redding Building, Wilmington Delaware 2006 SPP Galleries - McGOPA 2006 Fine Arts People Gallery 2006 Penn Wynne Libarary 2006 McGOPA - Juried - January 25 - February 25, 2007 Louis R. Redding Building, Wilmington, Delaware - "Women to the Twentieth Power" - Juried- 2007 McGOPA - Juried - April 26 - May 30, 2007
MCGOPA - Juried - January 18- February 2, 2008 Juried - April 18 - May 31, 2008 Philadelphia Sketch Club - Juried - January 11 - January 26, 2008 Works on Paper- Juror: R.B. Strauss Old City Jewish Art Center - March 7 - March 27, 2008 Enclaves Gallery - March 3 - April 30, 2008
Awards:
Rohm & Haas Fine Arts Achievement Award and Purchase Prize 2003
Charles Crawley Landscape Painting Purchase Prize 2003
Samuel David Memorial Prize for Cast Drawing - Second Year- 2003
McGOPA "The World of the Professional Artist" Juror: Patty Castner McGOPA "Mixed Media/Collage Juried Exhibition" Juror: Anthony Visco
MCGOPA "Through The Eyes of An Artist" Juror: Patrick Connors
ARTIST'S STATEMENT As an artist, I can't say that I have any singular influence, since I have learned from everyone I have encountered. I blend the old and new in whatever ways present themselves to me; creativity itself will be my guide. As a rule, I don't exclude anything. Spirituality is an important component of my work. For me, spiritual content can pose a question without offering an answer, since the answer is always personal and maybe different for each of us. I want my work to reflect beauty, whatever the content.
I see myself and my art in a constant state of developing. My truth is in the becoming, not in the knowing. As an artist and as a human being, I never expect to arrive at a point where I know everything I need to know -- not about art, not about life, not about spirit -- I honor the becoming, the journey.
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